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This makes the point I suggested last time. Basically these are time lag reputations, based on what each of the schools was thought of 20-30 years ago when the respondents were in law school and ignoring intermediate developments. It's somewhat akin to polling people as to who won the World Series last year (many would likely say the Yankees) instead of who actually won.

I think there's a broader point here. TaxProf should and could be a vehicle for promoting serious discussion of tax issues among academics, practitioners, and Government officials. Why in the world does it waste its time shaking and baking the US News rankings, which are not even tax-related, and when will someone start a more serious blog that does what this one ought to?

Posted by: mike livingston | Apr 27, 2009 8:36:10 AM

He wastes his time on them because he is a huge time Chicago fluffer. Every time he "reconfigures" the rankings, it bumps up Chicago at least into the Top 5, if not higher. Also, many of the new rankings he creates put Chicago there as well. We get it - the rankings should put Chicago higher. But, sorry, they do not.